An hour after the break-in, three messages and a video of the abducted chimps from the kidnappers arrived. 9News
"This is the first time in the world that baby apes were kidnapped for ransom," Franck Chantereau, founder of the sanctuary where the kidnap took place, told CNN on Friday.
"They told us that they had planned to kidnap my children because they were supposed to come here on vacation. But they didn't come so the kidnappers took these three babies hostage and demanded a large amount of ransom from us," Chantereau said. Chantereau was also concerned that it would open the door to further abductions. "There are 23 sanctuaries across the continent doing this. If we pay the ransom, it could set a precedent and it could give ideas to others, so we must be extremely vigilant," he said.
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